Iran 
In numbers.
0.29m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar–May
Oct
Best months
2,280m
Elevation
The water at Karkabud Waterfall, month by month
It roars from February to April.
The fullest months: from February to April. The thinnest: from June to September. Below −4 °C on average (January): the falls can partly freeze.
- 0.6 m³/sJan
- 0.8 m³/sFeb
- 1.0 m³/sMar
- 1.0 m³/sApr
- 0.5 m³/sMay
- 0.2 m³/sJun
- 0.0 m³/sJul
- 0.0 m³/sAug
- 0.1 m³/sSep
- 0.5 m³/sOct
- 0.7 m³/sNov
- 0.6 m³/sDec
From about 0.04 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.0 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to May and October.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in Taleghan County, Iran
Karkabud Waterfall is a waterfall on the Karkabud River, in Iran.
Getting there.
- Ţāleqānnearest town · 9.3 km in a straight line
- Payam International Airport (PYK)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 50 km in a straight line
- From March to May and Octoberbest months to go (estimate)
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 337 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 159 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmداریوش
- —restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Ţāleqān9.3 km in a straight line
- Bīneh22 km in a straight line
- Fashand23 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 0 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 27 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 2 |
| Night °C | -10 | -8 | -4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 4 | -4 | -8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 41 | 43 | 44 | 48 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 28 | 57 | 61 | 46 |
| Wet days | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
| Sun h/day | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 8.8 | 11.1 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 8.9 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 14 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (2,280 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 115% | 218% | 117% | 255% | 141% | 17% | 94% | 335% | 44% | 44% | 206% | 127% |
| 2021 | 48% | 112% | 96% | 10% | 145% | 46% | 170% | 72% | 93% | 118% | 210% | 41% |
| 2022 | 106% | 83% | 120% | 26% | 88% | 14% | 122% | 13% | 152% | 37% | 51% | 144% |
| 2023 | 112% | 109% | 137% | 31% | 172% | 137% | 286% | 50% | 140% | 111% | 93% | 96% |
| 2024 | 173% | 104% | 73% | 42% | 359% | 503% | 97% | 29% | 132% | 118% | 126% | 57% |
| 2025 | 71% | 92% | 131% | 68% | 89% | 77% | 8% | 48% | 169% | 41% | 1% | 181% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Karkabud Waterfall
Iran
- —Height
- 0.29 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–May, OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q17991101) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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